Beyoncé and Jay-Z‘s announcement video for their upcoming ‘On The Run II’ tour was inspired by a Senegalese movie from the 1970s, it has emerged.

The husband-and-wife duo announced the huge joint tour yesterday (March 12), three years on from the first time they co-headlined a tour.

The announcement of the ‘On The Run II’ tour was accompanied by a video which showed clips of Beyoncé and Jay Z on the road together, as well as new shots of the couple sitting on a motorbike. See the clip below.

Officially announcing the #OTR2 Tour with Beyoncé. TIDAL pre-sale goes live on 3/14 at 9am local time in North America and 10am local time in Europe: TIDAL.com #TIDALxOTR2

Posted by JAY-Z on Monday, March 12, 2018

Fans of the two artists have now established that the tour video appears to have been influenced by the 1973 Senegalese film Touki Bouki, which was directed by Djibril Diop Mambéty.

Touki Bouki – which roughly translates to “a hyena on a journey” – follows a couple who embark on a road trip from the Senegalese capital, Dakar. The couple, Mory and Anta, harbour dreams of making it to Paris, and thus attempt to make money in order to fly to France.

Twitter users have picked on Beyoncé and Jay Z’s referencing of Touki Bouki, with one writing that Africa “will always inspire”.

Africa, the continent that will always give, the continent that will always inspire!

“The image of Beyonce and Jay-Z on a motorbike is inspired by a scene from Djibril Diop Mambéty’s 1973 film Touki Bouki” #OnTheRunTourII https://t.co/Yhl0VNRYpp

— Abiola Oke (@Abiolaoke) March 12, 2018

???????????????? Shout out to whomever art-directed Jay-Z and Beyoncé's poster. The "Touki-Bouki" reference is not lost on us. Djibril Diop Mambéty would be proud. #OTRll ????????????????

— madsear (@madsear) March 12, 2018

Love how they've referenced Touki Bouki pic.twitter.com/poGNhe7AIg

— ejatu (@ejatu_) March 12, 2018

Beyonce and Jay Z pay tribute to my son's godfather, Djibril Diop Mambety, whose film #ToukiBouki is shaking up the world 45 years after it was made. Some of us knew magic when we saw it. #blackworldcinema #blackartmatters pic.twitter.com/Bj9TAiIzo6

— floydwebb (@floydwebb) March 13, 2018

Beyoncé and Jay Z will bring the ‘On The Run II’ tour to the UK for a select number of dates in June – see those below: